Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed deep sorrow over the death of its former National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, describing his passing at the age of 90 as the farewell of a true statesman. In a statement issued on Saturday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary of the Interim...
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Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has urged APC leaders in Niger State to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration and help consolidate the gains recorded in the economy, security, infrastructure, education and human capital development. Idris made the call in Abuja when he received the Chairmen...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned the attack on its members in Kaduna State, warning that no individual, group or political party has a monopoly on non-state sanctioned violence, and that those introducing thuggery into the 2027 political process are playing a dangerous game. In a statement signed by...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State has said it will base its campaign for the 2027 governorship and State House of Assembly elections on the achievements of Governor Uba Sani’s administration rather than personal attacks on opposition parties and their candidates. The party also pledged to conduct...
Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, has commended the Tinubu-Shettima Solidarity Group for establishing a structured grassroots mobilisation network across Katsina State ahead of the 2027 general elections. Governor Radda made the commendation today when he received the group on a solidarity visit to Government House, Katsina, where...
Environmental advocates, waste managers, recycling practitioners and private-sector stakeholders have called for stronger policy enforcement, increased investment, long-term financing, improved infrastructure, technology adoption and behavioural change to unlock Nigeria’s recycling potential and transform waste into economic value. The stakeholders made the call at the 5th Cycling Lagos Webinar, held...
The PBAT Door-to-Door Movement has commenced mobilisation in Katsina State to rally support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. The Grand Patron of the movement, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, disclosed this in Katsina during the official inauguration of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement...
2027 governorship election in Kaduna State is beginning to take shape as a major contest between the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with the PDP candidate, Rt. Hon. Usman Shehu Bawa, popularly known as ABG, vowing to wrest power from Governor Uba...
North East Coalition for Truth, Justice and Responsible Leadership (NECTJRL) has condemned what it described as a politically motivated campaign aimed at discrediting former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. The coalition alleged that the campaign was designed to tarnish the reputation of...
By MUHAMMAD ABUBAKAR – Katsina has never lacked influential political figures. From the traditional institutions that have long shaped the social order of the ancient Hausa city to the politicians, administrators, intellectuals and technocrats who have occupied positions of authority in the modern state, Katsina’s political history has been...
A political support group, the Kefas/Tinubu 2027 Support Network (KSN), has donated office accommodation and operational vehicles to bolster the re-election campaigns of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas ahead of the 2027 general elections. The campaign office was officially inaugurated in Jalingo on Friday,...
A fresh legal battle over four oil fields in the Niger Delta has escalated at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, with Hi-Rev Oil Limited and Hi-Rev Exploration & Production Limited asking the appellate court to halt and reverse allocations allegedly carried out by the Federal Government while their appeal...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Incumbent governor and flagbearer of the Accord Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has been declared winner of Saturday’s Gubernatorial election in Osun State, south-West Nigeria. Declaring the results on in Osogbo on Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said Senator Adeleke polled a total...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Osun State Government has instituted a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja challenging the freezing of its Federal Statutory Allocation Account by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), while seeking N2 billion in exemplary and aggravated damages. In the suit...
Two widely discussed commentaries—one drawing from Chinua Achebe’s literary masterpiece and the other questioning official electoral disclosures—have offered an early glimpse into the narratives that may shape Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election. Together, they suggest that the contest has already begun, not with campaign rallies, but in the battle for...
By MICHAEL C. AGBO – The Board of Trustees of the Centre for Community Law has instituted a public interest human rights suit against the Federal Government, asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to determine key constitutional and human rights issues relating to women and girls who become...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has denied bail to a man arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS), for allegedly planning multiple attacks on several schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Justice Joyce Abdulmalik denied John Jude Agbo bail after the prosecution presented a fourth witness...
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, presided over by Justice Godwin Iheabunike, has dismissed an application filed by the former President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria ((AFAN), Arch Kabiru Ibrahim to restrain the Inspector General of Police (IGP) from proceeding with criminal impersonation and...
The member representing Ehime Mbano/Ihitte Uboma/Obowo Federal Constituency of Imo State, Hon. Chike Okafor has been presented with the HallowMace Foundation award for the Most Outstanding Member of the House of Representatives from the South-East zone for the year 2026. Okafor, who is the Chairman of the House Committee...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has given one suspected commander of Ansaru, an Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group, being prosecuted for alleged terrorism by the Department of the State Service (DSS), Abubakar Abba, up till July 20 to decide on whether or not to plead guilty to the terrorism -related charges...